Swartaut (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Polk County, Texas (30.7° N, 94.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 91.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Fleming Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. R. Prothero and E. M. Manning. 1987. Miocene rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 61(2):388-423 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18660: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• said to be in the Cold Spring fauna
F:AM locality
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras meridianum Leidy 1865 rhinoceros
"Two miles below Swartaut"
Peraceras hessei Prothero and Manning 1987 rhinoceros
Aphelops megalodus Cope 1873 rhinoceros